And both remakes of Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress
It actually had four remakes, all with different titles. In addition to the American remake, there was a Chinese remake titled Black Cat and two Indian remakes titled Cartridge (Hindi) and Paramasivan (Tamil).
The Northman is a Viking version of Hamlet. Not so much a remake, but derived from the same source material.
The 13th Warrior is an adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel Eaters of the Dead which itself is an adaptation of Beowulf.
Nah. Unlike Cary Grant in CHARADE, who is revealed in the end to be an unqualified good guy pretending to be one of the baddies at times, Crenna is a villain who is part of the plan to scam Hepburn out of the hidden heroin. In no way is he a heroic figure or Hepburn’s secret pal.
O is a high-school basketball version of Othello!
Invasion of the Body Snatchers >> Invasion of the Body Snatchers >> Body Snatchers >> The Invasion
And eventually “Of The!!!”
I disagree. He tries to have Alan Arkin killed to put a kibosh on their plot and is saying goodbye to Susie when he gets it in the back. He has no desire to harm her and ends up apologizing to her for all the trouble he and his buddies have caused as he prepares to leave her flat. If he were as evil as you imply, he would have been happy to see Arkin torture Susie and then slash her throat after raping her in her bedroom.
Also, he’s more or less coerced into participating in the scam. I haven’t seen the movie in a while, but I seem to remember he was about to walk out on the gang when Arkin reminded him that he’d left evidence of his presence all over the flat.
I’m not saying he’s a saint, just that he seems to have a conscience after all.
She’s the Man is a high-school soccer version of Twelfth Night.
As an aside, none of the movies seem to adhere to the central twist of the book (which I will not even spoiler tag here…it’s too good and spoilery). Just my $0.02
And if you prefer them post-apocalyptic, Omega Doom with Rutger Hauer.
Cabaret is a musical remake of I Am a Camera.
Regarding the first one…what am I missing???
The difference is really minor: the spelling of a name, and the slash, rather than “und”/“and.”
Thank you!
Oh, well, then, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes gave it their all in ROMEO + JULIET.
The Terminator (1984) is NOT exactly a remake of The Outer Limits episode “Soldier” but the writer of the episode (Harlan Ellison) sued Orion Pictures and James Cameron and won a settlement and later versions of the film gave a film credit to Ellison.
See, that’s not a remake. Yes, the basic plot and theme is the same, but the characters, dialog, setting, etc etc are all different.
Nor is The Magnificent Seven a remake of The Seven Samurai.
You could call them a homage to the original.
Right, The same source material is not a remake.
Nope.
If we are including foreign films remade in English then The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe was remade as The Man With One Red Shoe.
As far as classic films being remade into 1950s technicolor musicals. Ninotchka was remade as Silk Stockings.
OK, cool, let’s agree to disagree. The real problem, as I see it, is that one’s at least half a light comedy and the other’s a terrifying almost-horror thriller with no light moments whatsoever. If Hepburn weren’t in both, I’m not sure you’d ever make the association.
I do give you high points for noticing the connections, though, however slight. To my knowledge, no one has ever drawn a line connecting the two films together, despite their star and their close proximity in time.